Trump plans to skip fourth Republican debate
A view of a U.S. flag with an image of Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump on it at the Ted Hendricks Stadium ahead of Trump’s campaign event in Hialeah, Florida, U.S. November 8, 2023.
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Donald Trump plans on skipping the next, fourth debate of Republican presidential nomination contenders next month in Alabama, his senior adviser Chris LaCivita said.
Trump has missed all three GOP debates so far, and has not remotely suffered in the polls for doing so.
He leads all other candidates in the 2024 nomination contest by a very wide margin.
LaCivita had one caveat to Trump’s plan, saying that the former president will not be at the debate “until he is.”
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Nikki Haley’s abortion tone sounded more moderate than her rivals’ views
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis takes notes as former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley looks on at the third Republican candidates’ U.S. presidential debate of the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign hosted by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, Florida, U.S., November 8, 2023.
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Nikki Haley refused to commit to advancing an effort to enact a federal abortion ban if she is elected president, which many Republicans back.
“No Republican president can ban abortions, any more than Democratic president can ban these state laws,” she said.
Haley spoke about the issue in a markedly different way from other Republicans at the debate, one that resonated with several voters in New Hampshire who spoke to NBC News after the debate.
“I don’t judge anyone for being pro-choice, and I don’t want them to judge me for being pro-life,” she said.
“There are some states that are going more on the pro-life side. I welcome that. There are some states that are going more on the pro-choice side. I wish that wasn’t the case, but the people decided,” Haley said when asked about statewide initiatives.
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